Another bomb threat: Elementary school targeted in rural Yolo County in second scare this week
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A rural Yolo County elementary school received a bomb threat Tuesday morning, the second such scare made against a Davis Joint Unified School District in as many days.
Fairfield Elementary, the oldest public school in the district, along County Roads 32 and 96 delayed the start of school to 9 a.m., according to district officials, who consulted with the Davis Police Department on the matter. The threat marks the sixth incident in “recent weeks,” according to police, in which the Davis-area district faced alarming messages about bombs on campus or at the homes of its employees.
The school added it worked with Davis police to declare the campus safe.
On Monday, the district office, Martin Luther King Jr. High School, North Davis Elementary, Birch Lane Elementary and the Davis School for Independent Study had an emailed bomb threat directed to their schools. The Mary L. Stephens branch of the Yolo County Library system was also targeted.
Tuesday’s threat included anti-LGBTQ hate speech, Davis Police Department spokesman Lt. Dan Beckwith said, as did Monday’s message.
Last week, Davis police searched homes of at least two district employees after bomb threats were made to several locations, including schools and the Davis library.
Davis Joint Unified operates 17 campuses in all — nine elementary schools, four junior highs and a high school, as well as independent studies and the Da Vinci Charter Academy and a related junior high program. In all, the district educates roughly 8,300 students and has 800 people on staff.
The library itself has been a focal point for conservative activists after it asked a speaker to leave in August for repeatedly misgendering trans women competing in sports.
Anti-trans and anti-gender non-conforming hate crime acts rose by about 55% from 2021 to 2022 in California, according to data from the state’s Department of Justice.
